Chinese Bhel

Ingredients
Hakka noodles
thinly sliced green pepper - 1
thinly sliced cabbage - 100 gm
5 to 6 bulbs of spring onion chopped
schezwan sauce - 2 tbl.sp
tomato ketchup - 2 tbl.sp


Method
First boil hakka noodles and then wash in cold water. Pat it dry and then put one tsp of corn flour to remove excess moisture. Keep it aside.

Heat one tbl.sp of oil and add vegetables and schezwan sauce and tomato ketchup. Mix well. Add noodles to it, Again mix it and serve.

Stuffed Paneer Masala Pav

Ingredients
Ladi pav - 4


for stuffing
onion - 1
capsiucm - 1 big
garlic flakes crushed - 4
corriander powder - 1 tsp
cumin powder - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
red chilli powder and salt as per taste
juice of half lemon
few corriander leaves
paneer crumbled

Method
Heat one tbl.sp of oil in a pan and add onion and crushed garlic. Sauute it till onion becomes soft. Then add chopped capsicum and all the powdered masala, salt and paneer crumbled. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add lemon juice and corriander leaves and mix well and remove from fire.

Heat pan, toast pav/Indian bread on both the sides and slit into half. Fill one tbl.sp of stuffing and serve hot.

Mutter Paneer Masala

Ingredients
few cubes of paneer
onion - 1 big
cumin seed - 1 tsp
ginger grated - 2 tsp
green chilli or red chilli as per taste
puree of 3 tomatoes
corriander powder - 1 tsp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
salt as per taste
15 to 20 cashewnuts soaked in water
few corriander leaves for garnishing


Method
Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seed. When it splutters add onions and cook till it becomes little soft. Then add ginger and green chilli and saute for few seconds.
Add tomato puree and all powdered masala, salt and cook for few minutes. Add fresh green peas and mix well. Add water and cook till it becomes soft and tender.
Add cashewnut paste and paneer cubes and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot with rice or roti.

Chicken Tikka with Mayo Sandwich

Ingredients
few slices of bread

for making chicken tikka
boneless chicken - 1/2 kg
ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
corriander powder - 1 tsp
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
juice of half lemon
yoghurt - 3 tbl.sp
tandoori masala - 1 tsp
food color - 1/2 tsp (optional)
salt as per taste

For making mayonnaise spread
mayonnaise - 2 tbl.sp
one small onion chopped
few mint leaves
a pinch of salt

Method
Make mayonnaise spread by adding all the ingredients given.

slice the chicken given and marinate the chicken using all the ingredients given. Leave it for 3 to 4 hours and then deep fry in oil and shred it.

Toast the bread slices using ghee or butter and keep aside. Spread mayonaisse on it and shredded chicken. Cover it with another slice of bread. Cut into half and serve.

Sweet and Spicy Tomato Chutney

Ingredients
tomato - 300 gm
mustard seed - 1 tsp
fennel seed - 1 tsp
cumin seed - 1 tsp
ginger grated - 2 tsp
whole red chilli - 3
jaggery - 2 tbl.sp
salt - 1/2 tsp
few corriander leaves for garnishing

Method
First make a puree of tomato and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan add mustard seed, cumin seed, and  fennel seed. When they splutter add ginger and red chilli. Saute for few seconds. Add tomato puree, jaggery and salt. Cook for few seconds and add little water. Slow the flame, mix it all well and let it cook till it becomes thick. Serve hot with rice or roti.

Mince Chicken Kofta Pulao

Ingredients

for making kofta
mince chicken - 250 gm
onion - 2
ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
juice of half lemon
egg - 1
red chilli powder and salt as per taste
few corriander leaves
juice of half lemon
few corriander leaves

for making pulao
rice - 1/2 kg
1 big onion
cumin seed - 1 tsp
bay leaf - 1
tomato - 2
ginger garlic paste - 1 tbl.sp
corriander powder - 2 tbl.sp
roasted cumin powder - 2 tbl.sp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
garam masala - 1 tsp
red chilli powder and salt as per taste
water/chicken stock - double the quantity of rice

Method
for making kofta
Mix all the ingredients given and make small balls and deep fry in oil till golden brown in color.

for making pulao
Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seed, when they splutter add onions bay leaf and cook till onions become translucent. Add ginger garlic paste and stir fry for few seconds till the raw smell goes. Add tomtoes and cook till it is completely mashed up.
Add all the powdered masala and stir fry for few seconds. Add water and corriander leaves and let it boil.
Add rice  and cook till it is 3/4th done. Place these koftas in the rice and again cover and let it cook till the rice is fully cooked. Serve hot with raita.

Paneer Jalebi

Ingredients
paneer - 150 gm
all purpose flour - 1 tbl.sp
few pistachios chopped

for making sugar syrup
sugar - 1 cup
water - 1/2 cup
cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
few strands of saffron


Method
For Making Syrup
mix together all the ingredients given and boil it till one thread consistency.

Mix together paneer and all purpose flour to make a soft dough. Roll it into thin long strip and shape it like jalebi. Deep fry in hot oil and put in sugar syrup. Serve hot.

Potato Fritters

Ingredients
grated raw potato - 2 medium size
onion - 1 small
egg - 1
all purpose flour - 2 tbl.sp
few corriander and mint leaves
salt and chilli as per taste

Method
Mix all the ingredients together and take a spoonful and deep fry in hot oil till golden brown in color.
Serve hot with ketchup.

Oats with Dry Fruits Laddoo

Ingredients

Take dry nuts like almonds, pistachio, walnuts,seedless dates, cashewnuts, raisins in any quantity you like.
 Jaggery  - 1 cup
oats - 1 cup
cardamom powder - 1 tsp
sesame seeds - 3 tbl.sp
nutmeg powder - 1/4 tsp
salt - 1/4 tsp
ghee/butter - 3 tbl.sp


Method

Dry roast almonds, pistachio, cashewnuts, walnuts and keep coarsely make a powder of it.
Dry roast oats for few seconds and keep aside.
Heat jaggery using 1 cup of water till one thread syrup. To it also add cardamom powder and nutmeg powder.
Heat ghee/butter in a pan add raisins. When it puffs up add sesame seeds, fry for a second and then add seedless dates.  Let the dates soften a bit and then add these coarsely powdered nuts, oats and salt and mix well. In the end add jaggery water and mix well. When little warm make round balls and refrigerate it. Have it daily in the morning on empty stomach . Its very good for health.

Vegetable Mayonnaise Sandwich

Ingredients
few slices of bread
cabbage grated - 1 cup
carrot grated - 1 cup
capsicum chopped - 1 cup
sweet chilli sauce - 1 to 2 tbl.sp
mayonnaise - 2 tbl.sp
salt and pepper as per taste

Method
In a bowl mix all the ingredients given. In a pan toast bread using butter or ghee.
Spread this mixture on the bread and cover it with another bread.
Cut into half and serve.

Fried Prawn Pulao

Ingredients

Prawns - 200 gm
rice - 1/2 kg

for marination
chilli powder - 1 tsp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
salt as per taste
juice of half lemon

for making pulao
onion - 1 big
green peas - 100 gm
few curry leaves
ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
tomato puree - 2 tbl.sp or 2 to 3 tomatoes
chillli powder - 1 tsp
green chilli - 2
corriander powder - 1 tsp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
salt as per taste
juice of half lemon
few corriander leaves

Method
First clean and wash prawns and marinate it with ingredients given. Leave for half an hour and then fry it and remove and keep aside. Wash rice and soak in water for half an hour.

In the same oil fry onions till soft. Then add curry leaves, ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds.
Then add tomato puree and cook for 2 to 3 minutes and add all the powdered masala and green chilli. Fry for a minute. Then add green peas, juice of half lemon, salt, corriander leaves and water. The water should be double the quantity of rice.
Leave it to boil.
When it starts boiling add rice and cook on a medium flame till done. In the end add fried prawns to it. Mix it well and on a slow flame leave it to simmer for few minutes till rice is fully cooked.

Serve hot with raita.

Chicken Tikka Biryani

Ingredients
Rice - 1 kg
chicken pieces - 1 kg

for marination
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
corriander powder - 1 tsp
ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
tandoori masala -  2 tsp
red chilli powder and salt as per taste

for the masala
ginger garlic paste - 1 tbl.sp
tomato - 4 to 5
corriander powder - 1 tbl.sp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
yoghurt - 3 tbl.sp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
star aniseed - 1/2
mace - 1/2
onion fried - 5 to 6
green chillies - 3
few corriander leaves
biryani masala - 1 tbl.sp
salt as per taste


for making rice
small piece of cinnamon - 1
cloves - 3 to 4
cumin seed - 1 tsp
salt as per taste


Method
Wash and soak rice in water for an hour.
Slice onions and deep fry in oil till golden brown in color.
Marinate chicken with the ingredients given.
Keep aside for an hour and then deep fry in oil and keep aside.

In the leftover marination masaala add all the ingredients given  along with fried chicken except tomato and ginger garlic paste.

Make rice with the ingredeints given and cook till it is 75% done and then drain the water and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan  add  1 tbl.sp of ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds till the raw smell goes.

Then add chopped tomatoes and cook till it becomes soft. Then add the chicken tikka masala and cover and cook for few minutes.

Add rice to the masla and garnish with food color, fried onions , corriander leaves, garam masala about 1/2 tsp, little ghee or butter. Cover and cook till the rice is properly cooked. 

Cheese Spinach Toasty

Ingredients
onion - 1
tomato - 1
spinach leaves - 4 to 5
garlic cloves - 4 to 5 small
sweet chilli sauce - 1 to 2 tsp
chaat masala - 1 tsp
salt and pepper as per taste
few bread slices
mozirella cheese
cheddar cheese


Method
Slice onion and tomato. Chop spinach leaves finely. Chop garlic flakes.
In a bowl mix together onion, tomato, cheese, salt and pepper, sweet chilli sauce, chaat masala and keep aside.
Heat one tsp of oil in a pan add garlic flakes and fry for few seconds without changing its color.
Then add spinach leaves and cook for 2 minutes. Remove and mix with other ingredients.

Take bread slices place this mixture on it and cover it with another bread slice.
Toast it on a pan by adding little ghee or butter. Serve hot with or without ketchup.

Fish Biryani

Ingredients

King fish – 1 kg or any other fish

Rice – ½  kg

 For marination

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Juice of half lemon

Red chilli powder and salt as per taste

For the masala

6 to 7 medium sized onions fried

Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp

Biryani masala – 1 tbl.sp

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Green chilli – 3

Tomato puree – 2 tbl.sp or 2 to 3 tomatoes

Yoghurt – 1 cup

Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp

Coriander powder -  1 tsp

Garam masala – ½ tsp

Red chilli powder – 1 tsp

Salt as per taste

Few coriander leaves

For making rice

2 to 3 cloves

1 small piece of cinnamon

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Salt as per taste

food color

ghee/butter

Method

First marinate the fish with ingredients given.

Leave it aside for half an hour.

Fry the fish and keep aside.

Soak rice in water for half an hour and the cook it along with the ingredients given till 80% done.

Fry the onions till golden brown in color and then make a masala  except ginger garlic paste with all the ingredients given. Leave little onions for  garnishing.

In the same oil first add ginger garlic paste  and fry till the raw smell goes and then add all the masala and cook for few minutes till oil separates from the masala. 

Add cooked rice to it . Level it properly. Place fried fish on top along with corriander leaves, food color, fried onions and a spoon of ghee/ butter. Cover it and let it simmer on a low flame till rice is fully cooked.  Serve hot.

Raw Banana Kofta Curry

Ingredients

For making kofta

Raw bananas boiled – 3

Onion – 1

Green chilli – 2

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Besan/chickpeas flour – 2 tbl.sp

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Few corriander leaves

Salt as per taste

For making curry

Onion – 2

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Whole red chillies – 3 or red chilli powder as per taste

Few curry leaves

Tomato – 3

Cumin seed - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Coriander powder – 1 tsp

Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp

Salt as per taste

Coriander leaves for garnishing




Method
 Boil and mash/grate banana and all the ingredients given and make small round balls.
Deep fry in oil till golden brown and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seed and then onion, few curry leaves, whole red chilli and saute till onions become little soft.
 Then add ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell goes then add tomato and cook till soft.  Off the flame and let it cool down. Blend it to a fine paste. Heat the pan and add these masala and also powdered masala and salt with little water. Cook till it starts boiling.

Off the flame and put these koftas in the curry.  Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot with  rice or roti.

Dahivale Arbi

Ingredients

Arbi/colacassia
roots – 250 cooked till soft

Ginger garlic
paste – 1 tsp

Gram flour – 1 tsp

Chilli powder – 1
tsp

Turmeric powder –  ¼  tsp

Whole red chilli – 1 or
2

Carrom seeds/ajwain – ½
tsp

Hing/asafoetida –
½ tsp

Yoghurt – 3 tbl.sp

Salt as per taste

Corriander leaves for
garnishing

Method

Pressure cook arbi till 3 to 4 whistle. Peel the skin and chop into small pieces.
In a bowl mix together yoghurt, gram flour, chilli powder, turmeric powder and little water and salt and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan, add carrom seeds, hing, red chilli and then ginger garlic paste. Stir fry for few seconds and then add  arbi and stir fry it for a minute. Add yoghurt masala and keep stirring it till it is boiled. Lower the flame and let it simmer on a low flame for few minutes.
Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot with rice or roti.

Prawns Popcorn

Ingredients
prawns - 250 gm
chilli powder - 2 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
juice of half lemon
salt as per taste
egg - 1
white pepper powder - 1 tsp
bread crumbs

ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp. I have not added here. But you can add if you like.

Method
Clean and wash prawns. Mix chilli powder, salt, turmeric powder, lemon juice and leave it aside for half an hour.
 Break one egg and add pepper powder and salt. Dip this marinated prawns into it and then coat it with bread crumbs.
Deep fry in oil and serve hot.

Prawns 65

Ingredients

Prawns – ½ kg

For tempering

Few curry leaves

Green chillies – 2

Soya sauce – 1 tsp

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Food color – a pinch

Yoghurt – 2 tbl.sp

Half of lemon juice

Salt as per taste

Coriander leaves for garnishing

For marination

Corn flour – 1 tbl.sp

All purpose flour – 1 tbl.sp

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Chilli powder – 1 tsp

Salt as per taste

Method
First clean and wash the prawns and marinate it with the given ingredients. Leave it aside for half an hour.

Deep fry in oil and remove and keep aside.

In the same oil add green chilli and curry leaves and then add ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw smell goes. Then add soya sauce, food color, yoghurt, half of lemon juice and salt.

Mix  fried prawns to it and cook for a minute. Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot with rice or roti.

Mutton Biryani

Ingredients

Mutton – ½ kg

Basmati rice – 1 kg

Bay leaf - 2

Onions – 6 to 7

Yoghurt – 2 tbl.sp

Ginger garlic paste – 2 tbl.sp

Green chilli - 3

Tomato paste – 2 tbl.sp or 3 tomatoes

Chilli powder – 2 tsp

Coriander powder – 3 tsp

Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp

Garam masala –1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Salt as per taste

Coriander and mint leaves

Saffron soaked in milk  or food color

Roast and Make a powder of

Black cardamom – 1

Green cardamom – 2

Cinnamon – 1 small piece

Cloves – 3 to 4

Mace – 1

Star aniseed – ½

Whole pepper – 2 tsp

For making  rice

Bay leaf – 1

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Black cardamom – 1

Cinnamon – 1

Cloves – 4

Salt as per taste

One spoon oil




Method
Soak rice in water for half an hour.
Fry onions till golden brown in color and keep aside.
First marinate mutton by adding green chilli paste, red chilli powder, coriander powder, roasted cumin powder, garam masala, yoghurt, turmeric powder, salt,corriander and mint leaves, roasted and powdered whole garam masala and fried onions. Keep little onion aside for garnishing.
Leave it for 3 to 4 hours or overnight.

Heat oil in a pan add ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell goes. Then add tomato paste or tomatoes chopped and cooked till mashed up.
Add this marinated mutton . Mix well and let it cook till it becomes little soft. Keep on stirring in between and add little water if needed.

Keep enough water in a pan for cooking rice by adding all the ingredients given.
When it starts boiling add rice and cook till 75% done.

Remove and drain the water and keep rice aside.

When mutton is cooked, add this  rice on top of it and set it properly. Garnish with fried onions, garam masala, corriander and mint leaves, saffron soaked in water and ghee or butter. Cover it and cook on a low flame till rice is cooked well.

Serve hot with raita.

Crispy Fried Fish

Ingredients
king fish/surmai
 4 to 5 crushed garlic
a small piece of ginger
red chilli powder- 2 tsp
salt as per taste
tamarind pulp - 2 tbl.sp
few corriander leaves

for coating
rice flour - 1 tbl.sp
semolina - 1 tbl.sp

Method
Mix all the ingredients together and apply to the fish. Leave it aside for half an hour and then coat it with a mixture of rice flour and semolina and shallow fry it.

Stir Fry Chicken With Vegetables

Ingredients
chicken - 100 gm
garlic flakes- 4 to 5
ginger -,one small  piece
green capsicum
yellow capsicum
red capsicum
carrot
cabbage
french beans
red chilli sauce - 1 tsp
tomato ketchup - 1 tbl.sp
salt and pepper as per tste
corn flour - 1 tbl.sp dissolved in water
chicken stock

Method
Cook chicken in water by adding salt and pepper.
Heat oil in a pn, add garlic flakes and ginger and saute for few seconds. Then add all the vegetables and stir fry for few seconds. Then addchicken pieces, red chilli sauce, tomato ketchup, salt and pepper and again stir fry. Add chicken stock and corn flour to it. Cook till gravy becomes thick.

Chicken Fried Rice

Ingredients

Rice – 250 gm

Chicken – 200 gm

Onion – 1

Chopped garlic – 5 to 6

Chopped ginger –  1 tbl.sp

Mixed vegetable – carrot, French beans, capsicum, spring onion

Egg – 1

Soya sauce – 1 tsp

White pepper powder – 2 tsp

Vinegar – ½ tsp

Salt as per taste

For marinating chicken

Soya sauce – 1/2 tsp

Salt and pepper as per taste

Corn flour – ½ tsp


Method
Marinate chicken with given ingredients and keep aside for 10 to 20 minutes. Then cook it.
Heat oil in a pan add garlic, ginger and saute for few seconds. Then add onion and cook till soft. Add  all the vegetables and cook for few minutes.
Add egg and scramble it and mix with the vegetable. Add soya sauce, white pepper powder, vinegar and salt and mix well and add rice to it and mix it.
Cook for a minute and serve hot.

Veg Paneer Korma

Ingredients

Paneer - 100 gms

mixed vegetable - carrot, cauliflower, green peas, potato, french beans
onion - 1
tomato - 1
yoghurt - 1 tbl.sp
few curry leaves
ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
red chilli powder - 1 tsp
corriander powder - 1 tsp
cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
garam masala - 1/4 tsp
salt as per taste

make a paste of
10 to 15 cashewnuts
sesame seeds - 1 tsp
fennel seed - 1/2 tsp
cloves - 3
cardamom - 1
cinnamon - 1
green chilli - 2


Method
Make a paste of the given ingredients.
Cut paneer into cubes.
Chop vegetables.
Heat oil in a pan and add onion and saute till light golden brown in color. Then add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds till the raw smell goes. Then add tomato and cook till it is completely mashed up. Add all the powdered masala and yoghurt and stir fry for few seconds. Add vegetables and mix well.Add little water and pressure cook till two whistles.
Add paneer cubes and cashewnut paste and cook on a slow flame till it starts boiling.
Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot with rice, roti or naan.

Mutter Paneer Pulao

Ingredients
rice - 1/2 kg
green peas - 100 gm
paneer cubes - 100 gm
onion - 1
tomato - 2
ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
bay leaf - 1
cumin seed - 1 tsp
red chilli powder - 2 tsp
corriander powder - 2 tsp
garam masala - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
salt as per taste
juice of half lemon
corriander leaves for garnishing

Method

Soak rice in water for half an hour.
Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seed and bay leaf. when it splutters add onion and fry till light golden brown in color. Then add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds. Then add tomatoes and cook till it is mashed up.
Add all the powdered masala and stir fry for few seconds. Add green peas, salt, juice of half lemon and water (double the quantity of rice) and corriander leaves.
Let it boil.
Drain water from the rice and put it in the boiling water. When the rice is half cooked. Add paneer cubes and gently mix. Slow the flame and cook till rice is very well cooked. Serve hot with korma.

Paneer 65

Ingredients

Paneer - 200 gm

for marination
rice flour - 1 tbl.sp
corn flour - 1 tbl.sp
all purpose flour - 1 tbl.sp
ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
green chilli - 2
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
juice of half lemon
salt as per taste
food color

for the masala
onion - 1
ginger green chilli paste - 1 tsp
few curry leaves
yoghurt - 3 tbl.sp
salt as per taste
food color
corriander leaves for garnishing

Method
Cut paneer into cubes
First marinate the pieces of paneer for half to an hour with the ingredients given for marination.
Deep fry or shallow fry in oil and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan and add onion and saute till it becomes soft.
Add ginger green chilli paste, few curry leaves and saute for a minute. Add yoghurt and stir fry for few seconds. Then add these paneer pieces, little water and cook for two minutes.
Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot with rice, roti or naan.

Italian Cheesy Veg Bread

Ingredients
Pizza dough
crushed garlic - 4 to 5
corn - 1 cup
spring onions - 1 cup chopped
red pepper - 1
green pepper - 1
yellow pepper - 1
cream cheese - 1 tbl.sp
salt and pepper as per taste
mozirella cheese to sprinkle

Method
Heat one tbl.sp of oil. Add garlic and saute for few seconds. See that it doesn't change its color. Add all the vegetables and stir fry for a minute and then add cream cheese, salt and pepper and cook till all the masala is completely dried.
Take pizza dough, roll into small rotis and put this masala on it. Sprinkle cheese on it and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree celcius   till the base is cooked and chesse  is melted. Serve hot.

Egg In A Boat

Ingredients

eggs - 3
capsicum - 1 small
spring onions chopped - 1 cup
corn - 1 cup
cream cheese - 1 tbl.sp
cheddar cheese - 2 tbl.sp
salt and pepper as per taste
bread

Method
In a bowl break all the three eggs and combine it with all the ingredients given.
Take long bread. Cut into half. Then make a dent in the centre in the shape of a boat and stuff this mixture into it. Bake it till Egg  is cooked . Serve hot.

Khoya /Mava Modak

Ingredients
khoya/mava - 250 gm
sugar - 150 gm
 4 to 5 cardamom crushed or powdered
food color - optional

Method
In a pan add khoya and sugar and cook on a slow flame stirring continously till it both melts. Then add cardamom powder and food color and cook till it becomes little thick.
Let it cool down completely. It will take about 3 to 4 hours.
Take a modak mould and grease it with ghee or butter. Stuff a ball of this into it.
It will come out in the shape of modak. Demould it and serve.

Chicken Pulao

Ingredients

Chicken – 250 gm

Basmati rice – ½ kg

Onion – 1

cumin seed - 1 tsp

 ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

tomato – 1

green chilli – 2

few curry leaves or 1 bay leaf

red chilli powder – 1 tsp

corriander powder – 1 tsp

roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp

garam masala – ½ tsp

juice of half lemon

corriander and mint leaves

salt as per taste

Method

Wash chicken and keep aside.

Wash rice and soak in water for half an hour.

Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and let it splutter. Then add curry leaves, green chillies and stir fry for a minute. Then add onions and fry till golden brown in color.

Add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds till the raw smell goes and then add tomato and cook till it is completely mashed.

Then add all the powdered masala  and salt and stir fry for a minute and then add chicken pieces. Mix it well and cook for 2 minutes.

Add water double the quantity of rice and corriander leaves and lemon juice.

Let it boil. Add drain rice and cook till the rice is fully cooked on a medium flame.

Serve it hot with raita.

Mexican Paratha

Ingredients

Onion – 1

Crushed garlic – 3 to 4

Green chilli – 2

Green, yellow and red capsicum – 1 each

Tomato – 1

Boiled and crushed corn – 1 cup

Paneer – 100 gm

Cheese – 100 gm

Salt as per taste

 Coriander leaves for garnishing

Chicken Spread

Ingredients
Chicken - 200 gm  boiled and shredded/minced
crushed flakes of garlic - 3 to 4
red chilli sauce - 1 tsp
green chilli sauce - 1 tsp
salt and pepper to taste
egg - 1
sesame seeds for garnishing
few bread slices

Method
Mix all the ingredients together and spread on the bread. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top and shallow fry it in oil till cooked. Serve hot.

Prawns Capsicum Paratha

Ingredients
Prawns - 1/2 kg
capsicum - 2
onions - 2
ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
tomato - 1
red chilli powder - 2 tsp
coriander powder - 1 tsp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
salt as per taste
coriander leaves for garnishing
Wheat flour dough

Method

Mince prawns coarsely. Heat oil in a pan and fry onions till golden brown in color. Add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds. Then add tomato and cook till it is completely mashed up.
Add all the powdered masala and cook for a minute.

Then add minced prawns and chopped capsicum and cook till all the moisture is absorbed.
Garnish with corriander leaves and let it cool down.

Roll out a chapati and stuff a spoon of this masala and cover it. Cook on a tawa by adding little oil or ghee  till it is evenly cooked on both the sides. Serve hot.

Simple and Easy Chicken Biryani

Ingredients

Chicken – ½ kg

Rice – 1 kg

Onion – 6 big

Potato – 1 to 2

Tomato – 2

Ginger garlic paste – 2 tbl.sp

Bay leaf – 2

Saffron soaked in water

Yoghurt – 3 tbl.sp

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Salt as per taste

Few coriander and mint leaves

Garam masala – 1  tsp

Ghee or butter – 1 tsp

Roast and make a powder of

Coriander seed – 1 tbl.sp

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Cinnamon – a small stick

Cloves – 4

Cardamom – 2

Black cardamom – 1

Whole pepper – 1 tbl.sp

Method

Fry onions till golden brown in color.

Clean and wash chicken and marinate it with salt, turmeric
powder, ground  roasted masala, yoghurt,
onions, tomato, potato and coriander and mint leaves. Leave it aside for half
to one hour.

Heat oil in a pan and add bay leaf and two tbl.sp of ginger
garlic paste. Saute for few seconds till the raw smell goes. Then add the
marinated chicken with the masala. Mix it well and leave it to cook till
chicken is cooked well.

Soak rice in water for half an hour.

In another pan boil water by adding whole cinnamon, cloves,
bay leaf, cumin seed and black cardamom and one tsp of oil. When it starts
boiling add rice. When the rice is 75 percent cooked drain the water and put it
in the chicken masala.

Garnish it with coriander and mint leaves, garam masala,
fried onions, saffron and butter and keep it on a slow flame until the rice is
cooked well.

Chilli Garlic Chutney

Ingredients
red chilli - 2
garlic flakes - 8 to 10
coconut - 1/4 cup
onion - 1
few curry leaves
tamarind - 1 small ball
salt as per taste

Method
Sauté red chilli and garlic flakes in oil for few seconds. Then blend all the given ingredients to a fine paste. Serve it  with Idli or Dosa.

Ragi Idli (Millet Flour Idli)

Ingredients
ragi flour - 1 cup
idli rawa - 1 cup
black gram dal/urad dal - 1/2 cup
fenugreek seed - 1/4 tsp
baking soda - 1/4 tsp
salt - as per taste

Method

Soak idli rawa in water for an hour. Soak urad dal in water for 3 to 4 hours along with fenugreek seeds. Blend urad dal into a fine paste and mix with ragi flour and idli rawa. Leave it to ferment for 8 to 10 hours.
Add baking soda and salt and mix well. Grease idli maker with oil and pour this batter. Cook for 10 minutes and remove and serve hot with chutney.

Prawns Curry

Tomato Cheese Omelette

Ingredients
eggs - 3
onion - 2
tomato - 1
red chilli powder - 2 tsp
pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
salt as per taste
cheese - to sprinkle
corriander leaves for garnishing

Method
Heat oil in a pan. Add onions and tomatoes and saute till it becomes soft.
In a bowl break 3 eggs  and to it add red chilli powder, pepper powder and salt and mix well. Add onions and tomatoes and again mix well. Heat a pan or flat tava. Put oil about 2 tsp and pour little of these egg mixture. Sprinkle on top cheese and corriander leaves and cook from both the sides till egg is cooked and cheese is melted. Serve hot with roti or bread.

Methi Paneer Paratha

Ingredients
a bunch of fenugreek leaves
ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
tomato chopped - 1 small
green chilli - 2
roasted cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
paneer/cottage cheese - 100 gm
salt as per taste
wheat flour dough

Method
Heat oil in a pan. Add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds. Then add chopped tomatos and green chillies and cook till tomatoes become soft.Add finely chopped fenugreek leaves, roasted cumin powder and salt and cook for few seconds. Then add paneer and mix well and cook till the mixture becomes dry.

Take a wheat flour dough. Roll it with a pin and put a tsp of stuffing into it and again seal it.
Roll it again with the help of rolling pin and cook on a pan till both sides are cooked well. Add butter or oil while cooking. Serve hot with pickle or yoghurt.

Simple Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
maida/all purpose flour - 125 gm
powdered sugar - 250 gm
oil - 1/2 cup
milk - 1/2 cup
butter milk - 1/2 cup
a pinch of salt
vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp
cocoa powder - 3/4 cup
baking powder - 1 1/2 tsp
baking soda - 1 1/2 tsp
hot boiling water - 1/2 cup
eggs - 2

Method
Sieve together all the dry ingredients and keep aside. In another bowl take eggs, oil, milk, butter milk and whisk it well. Then gradually add dry ingredients to it and repeat till done. In the end add little boiling water and whisk well for a second.
Grease cake pan with butter and dust it with cocoa powder. Pour these mixture on it and bake in a preaheated oven at 180 degree centigrade for 30 to 40 minutes.

Paneer Bread Roll

Ingredients
Paneer/cottage cheese - 100 gm
onion - 1
ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
corriander powder - 1 tsp
cumin seed - 1 tsp
tomato ketchup - 2 tsp
red chilli powder and salt as per taste
few corriander leaves
few bread slices

Method
Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds. When it splutters add onion and saute till it becomes soft. Then add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds till the raw smell goes.
Add corriander powder, chilli powder, salt, paneer and tomato ketchup and mix well.
Cook for few minutes till it becomes dry.
Take bread slices.Roll it flat with the help of a pin. Put this stuffing about one spoon and roll it tightly. Deep fry in oil till golden brown and serve hot.

Banjara Gosht

Ingredients
onion - 2
ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
yoghurt - 1 cup
red chilli powder - 2 tsp
whole red chilli - 2
corriander powder - 2 tsp
roasted and crushed corriander seed - 1 tsp
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
salt as per taste
corriander leaves for garnishing
mutton - 250 gm boiled with stock

Method
Heat oil in a pan and add onions and red chilli and cook till golden brown in color. Then add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds till the raw smell goes. Then add all powder masala and stir fry for few seconds. Add mutton pieces and mix well till all the chicken pieces are very well coated.Then add mutton stock, salt and yoghurt. Mix well and cook on a slow flame till the gravy becomes thick. Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot with rice or roti.

Paneer Veg Pasta

Ingredients
pasta cooked - 300 gms
mixed vegetable - 250 gm
onion - 2
ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
red chilli powder as per taste
corriander powder - 1 tsp
kasoori methi  - 1 tsp
paneer cubes - 50 gm
cumin seed - 1 tsp
tomato - 3
yoghurt - 3 tsp

Method
Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seed. when it splutter add onion and cook till soft. Then add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds. Add tomato puree and yoghurt and stir fry for a minute. Add all the vegetables and powdered masala and a cup of water. Cover and cook till the vegetables are done.
Add cooked pasta and mix well. Sprinkle kasoori methi on top and let it simmer for few minutes.
Serve hot.

Capsicum In Cashewnut Paste

Ingredients

onion - 1

ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

red chilli powder - 2 tsp

curry powder - 1 tbl.sp

turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

garam masala - 1/4 tsp

yoghurt - 2 tbl.sp

juice of half lemon

capsicum - 2

yoghurt - 2 tbl.sp

salt as per taste

paste of 15 cashewnut soaked in water

cumin seed - 1 tsp



Method

Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seed. When it splutters add onions and cook till soft. Then add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds, Add yoghurt and all the powder masala and cook for a minute. Add Capsicum and cover and cook on a slow flame till done.

Add cashewnut paste and juice of half lemon and let it simmer on a slow flame till done.

Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot with rice or roti.

Vegetable Pulao Recipe

Ingredients
1/2 kg of rice soaked in water for half an hour.
onion - 1 big
ginger garlic paste -2 tsp
tomato - 3
corriander powder - 1tsp
cumin powder - 1 tsp
cumin seed - 1 tsp
bay leaf - 1
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
red chilli powder and salt as per taste
juice of half lemon
mixed raw vegetable - 250 gm
few corriander and mint leaves for garnishing
water - double the quantity of rice for cooking


Method
Heat oil in a pan along with ghee/butter. Add cumin seeds. when it splutter add bay leaf and then onions and saute till it turns golden brown in color. Add ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw smell goes, then add tomatoes and saute for few minutes.
Add all the powder masala and mixed vegetable and stir well. Cook for few minutes and then add water double the quantity of rice. Add juice of half lemon and corriander and mint leaves and leave it to boil.
When it starts boiling add  rice and cook on a medium flame till done. Keep on stirring in between till done.
Serve hot with pickle and raita.

Pumpkin French Fries

Ingredients
Pumpkin - cut like french fries 250 gm
crushed garlic - 3
salt and pepper as per taste
cornflour - 2 tsp
red chilli powder to sprinkle


Method
Mix all the ingredients except red chilli and leave it aside for 10 minutes.
Deep fry in oil till golden brown and sprinkle red chilli powder on top and serve hot.

Prawns Bhindi Masala

Ingredients
prawns - 250 gm
okra/bhindi - 250 gm
onion - 2
ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
tomato - 2 or puree - 1 tbl.sp
corriander powder - 1 tsp
madras curry powder - 2 tsp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
cumin seed - 1 tsp
few curry leaves
red chilli powder and salt as per taste
corriander leaves for garnishing


Method
First clean and wash the prawns and marinate it with little salt and tutmeric powder.
Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds and let it splutter. Then add curry leaves and then onion. Saute the onions till light golden brown in color.
Add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds and then add tomato puree and cook for 2 to 3 minutes till  the raw smell goes. Add all the powder masala and bhindi and cook till soft. In the last add Prawns and cover and cook for few minutes till done.
Serve hot with rice or roti.

Cheesy Spinach Corn Sandwich

Ingredients
few bread slices
few cheese slices
potato - 1 boiled and mashed
corn - 1 cup
7 to 8 blanched spinach leaves
ginger green chilli paste - 1 tsp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
 bread crumbs - 1 cup
salt as per taste

for the spread
mayonnaise - 2 tbl.sp
tomato ketchup - 1 tbl.sp
salt and pepper as per taste


Method
First blend coarsely spinach and corn and then to it add all the ingredients given and make small flat round balls. Shallow fry in oil till golden brown.
Heat bread till crispy.spread mayonaisse mixture on top and place one cheese slice and spinach cutlet. close with other bread and cut into half and serve.

Tomato Rasam

Ingredients
tuvar dal - 3 tbl.sp
tomato - 4
ginger - 1 small piece
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
asafoetida -1/4 tsp
tamarind pulp - 2 tbl.sp
sugar - 1 tsp'
salt as per taste

for making rasam podi/masala
corriander seed - 1 tbl.sp
cumin seed - 1 tsp
black pepper pods - 1 tsp
masoor dal - 1 tsp
urad dal - 1 tsp
chana dal - 1 tsp
fenugreek seed - 1/4 tsp
mustard seed - 1/2 tsp
red chillies - 3


for tempering
red chillies - 1
mustard seed - 1 tsp
few curry leaves

Method
Cook tuvar dal in enough water along with tomato, ginger, turmeric powder, asafoetida.
Dry roast the ingredients given for rasam and blend it to a fine powder.
when dal is cooked, blend it well and add rasam masala, tamarind pulp, sugar and salt and cook for two minutes.
Temper it with given ingredients and serve hot.

Tomato Ginger Chutney

Ingredients
tomato - 3
ginger - one small piece
few curry leaves
green chilli - 2
salt as per taste

for tempering
mustard seed - 1 tsp
few curry leaves
red chilli - 1

Method
Blend all the ingredients given into a fine paste and temper it with mustard seeds, curry leaves and red chilli. Serve with idli or dosa.

Coconut Ginger Chutney ( South Indian Chutney)

Ingredients
coconut - 1/2
green chillies - 2
one small piece of ginger
salt as per taste

for tampering
mustard seed - 1 tsp
few curry leaves
red chilli - 1

Method
Make a paste of coconut, green chillies, ginger and salt and temper it with mustard seed, curry leaves and red chilli. Serve hot with dosa or idli.

Corn Bread Rolls

Ingredients
corns - 1 cup
onion - 1 medium size
tomato ketchup - 1 tbl.sp
salt and pepper as per taste
few bread slices

for coating
cornflour paste


for sauce
mayonnaise - 2 tbl.sp
tomato ketchup - 1 tbl.sp
salt and pepper as per taste

Method
coarsely make a paste of corn. Heat oil in a pan, add onions and saute till soft.
then add corns, tomato ketchup, salt and pepper and little water. Allow it to cook till it is completely dried.
Take bread slices, dip in water. Squeeze out the excess water and spread one tsp of the corn paste.
Roll it tightly and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Dip in corn flour paste and deep fry it till golden brown in color.

for making sauce - combine all the ingredients given and serve with corn bread rolls.

Spinach Curd Curry

Ingredients

Sour curd – 1 cup

Soaked peanuts – a handful of

Spinach leaves blanched – a handful of

A small piece of ginger

Garlic cloves – 3 to 4

Coconut – ¼ cup

Besan/chickpeas flour – 2 tsp

Rice flour – 2 tsp

Sugar – ½ tsp

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Salt as per taste

For tampering

Mustard seed – 1 tsp

Fenugreek seed – ¼ tsp

Red chilli – 2

Method

Boil soaked peanuts till soft. Then make a paste of all the
ingredients given except curd.

Heat pan and put this blended mixture into it and bring it
to boil.

Lower the flame and put curd into it and immediately stir it
and let it simmer for few minutes.

Off the flame and temper it with mustard seeds, fenugreek
seeds and red chilli.

Serve hot with rice or roti.

Keema Palak Paratha

Ingredients

Boiled and shredded
chicken/mutton – 250 gm

Onion – 2
medium

Tomato –
2 medium or 1 tbl.sp tomato puree

Ginger
garlic paste – 2 tsp

Turmeric
powder – ¼ tsp

Corriander
powder – 1 tbl.sp

Roasted
cumin powder – 1 tsp

Red chilli powder and salt as per taste

Chicken stock

Madras curry powder – 1 tsp

Spinach leaves – 7 to 8

Eggs - 2

Wheat flour dough

Method

Heat oil in a pan. Add onions and saute till golden brown in
color. Add ginger garlic paste and again sauté for a minute. Add tomato puree
and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add shredded chicken and all the masala. Stir fry
and cook for a minute. Add chicken stock and spinach leaves and cook till it is
completely dried. Off the flame and let it cool down.

Break egg. Add a pinch of salt and keep aside.

Make few chapatis. Heat pan and place this chapatti and
little of the chicken masala on one side. On the other side put little egg and
fold the chapatti. Cook till chapatti is cooked and also the egg inside. Put
ghee or oil as needed. When done. Remove and cut into pieces and serve hot.

Sweet and Spicy Fried Potatoes

Ingredients

Potatoes – 4 thinly sliced

Corn flour/all purpose flour – 3 tbl.sp

Red chilli powder – ½ tbl.sp

Salt as per taste

Other ingredients

Garlic – 4 crushed

Soya sauce – ¼ tsp

Red chilli sauce – 1 tbl.sp

Honey – 1 tbl.sp

Roasted sesame seed – 1 tsp to sprinkle

Method

First marinate the potatoes with cornflour, red chili powder and salt and leave it aside for half an hour.

Deep fry this in oil and remove.

Heat one tsp of oil in a pan. Add crushed garlic and saute on a high flame for a minute, then add soya sauce, red chilli sauce and honey. Add fried potatoes and mix well. Remove in a serving plate and sprinkle roasted sesame seeds on it.

Spicy Potato

Ingredients
Potatoes - 4 boiled and diced
onion - 2
ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
green chilli - 3
tomatoes - 3 chopped or pureed
few coriander leaves
salt as per taste

dry roast and make powder of
coriander seeds - 1 tbl.sp
sesame seeds - 1 tbl.sp
cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Method
heat oil in a pan and saute onions till soft. then add ginger garlic paste and green chillli and cook for 2 minutes. when done add tomatoes and cook till it is mashed up.then add corriander powder, boiled potatoes, salt and little water. Mix well and let it cook on a low flame for few minutes.
garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot with rice or roti.

EGG SALAD

EGG SALAD

INGREDIENTS

BOILED EGG – 2

GRATED CARROT – 1

CHOPPED ONION – 1

FEW CORRIANDER/PARSLEY LEAVES

MAYONAISSE – 1 TBL.SP

MUSTARD PASTE – 1 TSP

SALT AND PEPPER AS PER TASTE

LEMON – ½

YOU CAN EVEN ADD CHOPPED CABBAGE OR LETTUCE LEAVES.

THIS CAN BE EVEN STUFFED IN A BREAD AND CAN BE EATEN AS SANDWICH

METHOD

MIX ALL THE INGREDIENTS TOGETHER AND LET IT STAY FOR FEW MINUTES. THEN REMOVE IN A SERVING PLATE AND SERVE.

Mango and Coconut Burfi Recipe

Ingredients

Pulp of 3 mangoes

Coconut – 5 tbl.sp

Cream -3 tbl.sp

Condensed milk – 400 gm

Cardamom powder – ¼ tsp

Few chopped nuts for garnishing

Method

First lightly roast coconut for few seconds then to it add condensed milk , cream and cardamom powder. Cook till the consistency is thick and dry. Keep stirring all the time. When it becomes thick add mango pulp and again keep cook till it becomes thick.

Remove on a greased plate. Spread it evenly and garnish with chopped nuts. When cooled down. Cut into pieces and serve.

Parippu Vada (Kerala Style)

Ingredients

Chana dal – 1 cup

Toor dal – ½ cup

Rice flour – 2 tbl.sp

Small piece of ginger crushed

Green chillies chopped as per taste

Few curry leaves

Onion – 1 chopped

Salt as per taste

Method

Soak both dal in water for 3 to 4 hours. Keep one to two tbl.sp of dal aside and rest grind coarsely without adding water. Add rest of the ingredients. Make small flat round balls and deep fry in oil. Serve hot with chutney.

Pepper and Cheese Sandwich

Ingredients

onion - 1
garlic cloves - 4 to 5
capsicum - 2
few basil leaves or herbs
salt and pepper as per taste
mozirella and cheddar cheese
few bread slices

Method

Heat oil in a pan, add garlic cloves crushed and saute for few seconds. see that the color is not changed. then add chopped onion and saute till it becomes soft. add chopped capsicum, basil leaves and salt and pepper and cook for few seconds.Add cheese and turn off the flame. when cool down. Spread a tablespoon of this mixture on the bread slice.  Cover with another bread and toast it on both the sides and serve hot.